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Certificate Endorsement
Students studying towards NCEA at Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 are able to achieve their qualifications with Merit or Excellence endorsements. If a student gains 50 credits at Excellence their NCEA will be endorsed with Excellence. If a student gains
50 credits at Merit (or a mix of Merit and Excellence) their NCEA will be endorsed with Merit.
Course Endorsement
Students are also able to achieve a course endorsement. If, in a single year, a student gains 14 or more credits at Merit and or Excellence in a particular course, they will gain endorsement for that course. At least three credits must be from externally assessed standards and three from internally assessed standards (except for Physical Education and Level 3 Visual Arts).
Requirements for University Entrance
University entrance is a useful qualification for Year 13 students even if students don't intend to go to university.
• NCEA Level 3, including a minimum of 14 credits at Level 3 or higher in three subjects from an approved subject list. The list of approved subjects is available online through the NZQA website, www.nzqa.govt.nz
• A minimum of 10 literacy credits at Level 2 or higher; 5 credits must be in Reading and 5 credits must be in Writing. The literacy credits will be selected from a schedule of approved Achievement Standards and Unit Standards.
• A minimum of 10 credits at Level 1 or higher in Mathematics on the National Qualifications Framework
Scholarship
New Zealand Scholarship provides recognition and monetary reward to top students in their last year of schooling. New Zealand Scholarship assessments enable candidates to be assessed against challenging standards, and are demanding for the most able candidates in each subject. Assessment is either a written/spoken examination or by the submission of a portfolio or report of work produced through out the year.
Scholarship candidates are expected to demonstrate high-level critical thinking, abstraction and generalisation, and to integrate, synthesise and apply knowledge, skills, uinderstanding and ideas to complex situations
For more information refer to the NZQA website, www.nzqa.govt.nz
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